diff -Naur man-db-2.7.6.1/configure man-db-2.7.6.1.patched/configure
--- man-db-2.7.6.1/configure	2016-12-12 07:43:48.000000000 -0500
+++ man-db-2.7.6.1.patched/configure	2017-03-04 16:49:57.389893574 -0500
@@ -25809,46 +25809,8 @@
 
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for long file names" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for long file names... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_sys_long_file_names+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_cv_sys_long_file_names=yes
-# Test for long file names in all the places we know might matter:
-#      .		the current directory, where building will happen
-#      $prefix/lib	where we will be installing things
-#      $exec_prefix/lib	likewise
-#      $TMPDIR		if set, where it might want to write temporary files
-#      /tmp		where it might want to write temporary files
-#      /var/tmp		likewise
-#      /usr/tmp		likewise
-for ac_dir in . "$TMPDIR" /tmp /var/tmp /usr/tmp "$prefix/lib" "$exec_prefix/lib"; do
-  # Skip $TMPDIR if it is empty or bogus, and skip $exec_prefix/lib
-  # in the usual case where exec_prefix is '${prefix}'.
-  case $ac_dir in #(
-    . | /* | ?:[\\/]*) ;; #(
-    *) continue;;
-  esac
-  test -w "$ac_dir/." || continue # It is less confusing to not echo anything here.
-  ac_xdir=$ac_dir/cf$$
-  (umask 077 && mkdir "$ac_xdir" 2>/dev/null) || continue
-  ac_tf1=$ac_xdir/conftest9012345
-  ac_tf2=$ac_xdir/conftest9012346
-  touch "$ac_tf1" 2>/dev/null && test -f "$ac_tf1" && test ! -f "$ac_tf2" ||
-    ac_cv_sys_long_file_names=no
-  rm -f -r "$ac_xdir" 2>/dev/null
-  test $ac_cv_sys_long_file_names = no && break
-done
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_long_file_names" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_long_file_names" >&6; }
-if test $ac_cv_sys_long_file_names = yes; then
-
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_LONG_FILE_NAMES 1" >>confdefs.h
 
-fi
-